Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 164 143
Rank change year-on-year +12 -21 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 119 149 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.15% 1.66% 1.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.69% 3.74% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 63 91 135
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £28,625 £25,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £47,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.68% +46.15% -21.69%
75th Percentile £42,750 £75,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,750 £85,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £32,310 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.52% -2.11% -1.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,227 3,982 3,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.09% 44.35% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,372 1,739 2,120
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,313 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +35 53 £27,075 - 9
Thames Valley -4 29 £34,375 +25.00% 24
Hampshire -8 20 £36,000 -32.14% 13
Buckinghamshire +11 10 £35,000 -36.36% 9
Oxfordshire +1 10 £28,500 +3.64% 4
Berkshire -6 9 £33,500 -24.17% 11
East Sussex 0 8 £29,000 -64.85% 5
West Sussex +7 5 £50,000 +63.93% 8
Surrey -19 4 £31,500 -58.00% 3
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.20%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.84%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (49.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (47.90%) AWS
2 52 (43.70%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (31.93%) Azure
4 9 (7.56%) GCP
4 9 (7.56%) GitHub
5 8 (6.72%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.88%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.88%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.04%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.68%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.68%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.68%) IaaS
10 1 (0.84%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.84%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.84%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.29%) DNS
2 15 (12.61%) DHCP
3 12 (10.08%) Internet
4 10 (8.40%) Firewall
4 10 (8.40%) TCP/IP
5 9 (7.56%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (4.20%) VPN
7 4 (3.36%) SAN
7 4 (3.36%) VLAN
8 2 (1.68%) Intranet
8 2 (1.68%) LAN
8 2 (1.68%) WAN
8 2 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.84%) NAS
9 1 (0.84%) PBX
9 1 (0.84%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.84%) VoIP
9 1 (0.84%) Wireless
9 1 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.52%) Power BI
4 2 (1.68%) Metadata
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (12.61%) JIRA
2 9 (7.56%) Git
General
1 74 (62.18%) Social Skills
2 44 (36.97%) French Language
3 40 (33.61%) Swedish Language
4 14 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (9.24%) Multimedia
6 8 (6.72%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (5.04%) Legal
8 6 (5.04%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.52%) Finance
9 3 (2.52%) Military
9 3 (2.52%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.84%) Automotive
10 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Electronics
10 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (36.97%) Analyst
2 35 (29.41%) Service Analyst
2 35 (29.41%) Service Desk Analyst
3 23 (19.33%) IT Support
4 15 (12.61%) Senior
5 14 (11.76%) Lead
5 14 (11.76%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 14 (11.76%) Team Leader
6 12 (10.08%) IT Engineer
6 12 (10.08%) Support Engineer
7 11 (9.24%) Trainee
8 9 (7.56%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (7.56%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (7.56%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 8 (6.72%) Developer
10 7 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
10 7 (5.88%) IT Technician
10 7 (5.88%) Support Technician
10 7 (5.88%) Trainee Developer
11 6 (5.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.61%) CSS
1 15 (12.61%) HTML
2 9 (7.56%) React
3 3 (2.52%) .NET
3 3 (2.52%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.68%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (1.68%) Web Services
5 1 (0.84%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.84%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.36%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.52%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.52%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.68%) PKI
4 2 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.84%) CMDB
5 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.84%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.37%) Windows
2 13 (10.92%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.72%) Android
4 6 (5.04%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.20%) Linux
6 4 (3.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.68%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.84%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.84%) Unix
9 1 (0.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (42.86%) ITSM
2 42 (35.29%) ITIL
3 36 (30.25%) Customer Service
4 26 (21.85%) Performance Metrics
5 25 (21.01%) Mentoring
5 25 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (14.29%) Coaching
8 16 (13.45%) Service Management
9 15 (12.61%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (11.76%) Conflict Resolution
10 14 (11.76%) Knowledge Management
11 9 (7.56%) Business Continuity
12 7 (5.88%) Analytics
13 6 (5.04%) Project Delivery
14 5 (4.20%) Agile
14 5 (4.20%) DevOps
14 5 (4.20%) Incident Response
15 4 (3.36%) CRM
15 4 (3.36%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.61%) JavaScript
2 13 (10.92%) Python
3 8 (6.72%) SQL
4 7 (5.88%) C#
4 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.36%) R
6 2 (1.68%) C
7 1 (0.84%) Bash
Qualifications
1 63 (52.94%) MCSE
2 56 (47.06%) Degree
3 48 (40.34%) AWS Certification
4 21 (17.65%) A+ Certification
5 17 (14.29%) Azure Certification
5 17 (14.29%) MCP
6 11 (9.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 10 (8.40%) Security Cleared
8 9 (7.56%) SC Cleared
9 6 (5.04%) MCSA
10 5 (4.20%) DBS Check
11 4 (3.36%) CCNA
11 4 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.52%) CISSP
12 3 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
13 2 (1.68%) OCP
13 2 (1.68%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.53%) QA
2 3 (2.52%) GDPR
3 1 (0.84%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.84%) NIST
3 1 (0.84%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (34.45%) Active Directory
2 18 (15.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.20%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.84%) Docker
5 1 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.52%) QRadar
2 3 (2.52%) WSUS
3 2 (1.68%) Nessus
3 2 (1.68%) SCCM
3 2 (1.68%) Terraform
4 1 (0.84%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.84%) Ansible
4 1 (0.84%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (0.84%) SCOM
Vendors
1 112 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 35 (29.41%) ServiceNow
3 21 (17.65%) VMware
4 9 (7.56%) Google
5 7 (5.88%) Apple
6 3 (2.52%) Cisco
6 3 (2.52%) Citrix
6 3 (2.52%) Dell
6 3 (2.52%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.68%) Aruba
7 2 (1.68%) HP
7 2 (1.68%) Mitel
7 2 (1.68%) Oracle
7 2 (1.68%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.68%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.68%) Sage
7 2 (1.68%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.84%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.84%) Commvault
8 1 (0.84%) Juniper